Synopsis: Half day workshop on preventing and recovering from a water disaster event.

A presentation by Julie Page will be followed by hands-on salvage of wet books, flat paper, photographs and media. There will be a demonstration of water salvage of objects.

Julie Page is Co-Coordinator of both the California Preservation Program (CPP) and the Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS). She presents disaster preparedness and response workshops through WESTPAS and California’s IMLS-funded Connecting to Collections project. Page has published in the areas of preservation education and disaster preparedness and established the San Diego/Imperial County Libraries Disaster Response Network. She currently serves on the Board of Heritage Preservation and their advisory committee for the Alliance for Response and is a member of the AIC Collections Emergency Response Team.